Overalls-suspenders loop.



H. A. HARTSHORN.

OVERALLS SUSPENDERS LOOP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 1918.

1,266,590. Patented May 21,1918.

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HENRY A. I-IARTSHORN, OF WEST I-IAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEAMERICAN BUCKLE CO., OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

OVERALLS-SUSPENDERS LOOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Application filed January 12, 1918. Serial No. 211,485.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. HARTSHORN, a citizen of the United States,residing at est Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Overalls-Suspenders Loops; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application,and represent, in

Figure 1 a face view of a loop for overalls suspenders constructed inaccordance with my invention, and shown in connection with a suspenderstrap and button.

Fig. 2 a front view of the device, detached.

Fig. 3 a side view of the same.

Fig. 4 a front view of a modified form of my invention.

Fig. 5 a side view of the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in overalls suspenders loopsadapted to be attached to the lower ends of suspenders on overalls toengage with buttons on the bib or apron, and particularly to loopsformed in two parts, a loop proper and a buttonengaging member suspendedfrom the bottom of the loop, the object of the invention being a simplemeans of connecting the button-engaging member with a loop to providefor movement of the loop independent of the button engaging member, andto provide stops to limit the swinging movement of the button-engagingmember; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafterdescribed and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a loop-member 6 formed from asingle piece of wire bent to form an elongated eye 7 which is engagedwith the suspender web 8 in the usual manner. The ends 9 and 10 of theWire are curved to form spring limbs the extreme ends 11 and 12 of whichare flattened and bent to form eyes 13 and 14;, the wires above the eyesbeing bent inward to form a contracted throat 15. The buttonengagingmember 16 is also formed from a single piece of wire formed in itscenter with a dip 17, the ends 18 being turned toward each other andpassing through the eyes 13 and 14 the ends 19 and 20 being turnedupward, and preferably of such a length as to engage with the lower endsof the loop member so as to limit the swinging movement of thebutton-engaging member, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings, although, as shown in Fig. 42 of the drawings, the ends of thebutton-engaging member may be cut off so as to clear the loop-member butprovide stops 21 and 22. This button-engaging member engages with abutton 23 attached to bibs or aprons of overalls, the upper portion ofthe loopmember being wider than the distance between the outsides of theloop eyes 13 and let is of sufiicient size to freely pass over thebutton which is crowded down through the neck 15 into thebutton-engaging member, and by providing the button-engaging memher withthe inwardly turned ends 11 and 12 provision is made for the springingmovement of the loop-member independent of the button-engaging member,so that the device may be used with a button having a comparativelylarge shank which may be crowded through the throat 15 withoutdifliculty as the ends of the loop freely move with relation to thebutton-engaging member. If the button-engaging member is formed with thestop-fingers 19 and 20, the button-engaging member is limited in itsmovement so that it is held in a comparatively rigid position tofacilitate the engagement with the button. With this construction theloopmember and button-engaging member are readily formed in automaticmachines and easily assembled.

I claim 1. A loop for overalls suspenders comprising a loop memberformed with a contracted throat the ends of the member below the throatformed with transversely arranged eyes, combined with a button-engagingmember wider than the lower end of the loop member the end portions ofwhich are turned inward through the said eyes and terminating in stops.

2. A 100p for overalls suspenders com- In testimony whereof, I havesigned this prlslng a loop-member the ends of whlch are speclfication111 the presence of two SllbSCI'lbprovlded W1th eyes, comblned W1th abuttonmg WltIlGSSGS;

, engaging membepthe ends of {which are I HENRY A. HARTSHQRN. r 5 turnedinward 'iihfbugh the sit-id Feys 193ml "Witnesses:

turned upward into the path of tha sides of JEREDERIC C. EARLE,

the loop-member. MALCOLM P. NICHOLS.

